No, There Was No GeForce GTX 1070 Price Cut!

With the launch of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, rumours have been swirling around the GeForce GTX 1070. Some say NVIDIA is dropping it from the market. Others say that there is a GeForce GTX 1070 price cut. However, the rumours are all false. It is very much alive, and NVIDIA has no plans to cut its price.

Yes, you read that correctly – there was no GeForce GTX 1070 price cut. Not now, not even back in March. NVIDIA never announced any price adjustments of the GeForce GTX 1070.

In this article, we will clarify the history and price cuts of the NVIDIA GeForce 10 Series graphics cards. Please share this out so people won’t get confused by the earlier reports of a GeForce GTX 1070 price cut.

The History Of GeForce 10 Series Prices New!

With help from Bryan Del Rizzo, Global PR Manager, NVIDIA GeForce, here is a table that summarises the history of the GeForce 10 Series prices.

Models

Launch Date

Launch Price

Price Cut Date

Current Price

Difference

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Founders Edition

10 March 2017

$699

Never

$699

–

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

10 March 2017

$699

Never

$699

–

GeForce GTX 1080
Founders Edition

27 May 2016

$699

28 February 2017

$549

$150

GeForce GTX 1080

27 May 2016

$599

28 February 2017

$499

$100

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Founders Edition

2 November 2017

$449

Never

$449

–

GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

2 November 2017

$449

Never

$449

–

GeForce GTX 1070
Founders Edition

10 June 2016

$449

28 February 2017

$399

$50

GeForce GTX 1070

10 June 2016

$379

Never

$379

–

GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Founders Edition

19 July 2016

$299

Never

$299

–

GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

19 July 2016

$249

Never

$249

–

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

18 August 2016

$199

Never

$199

–

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

25 October 2016

$139

Never

$139

–

GeForce GTX 1050

25 October 2016

$109

Never

$109

–

GeForce GT 1030

17 May 2017

$80

Never

$80

–

As you can now see, only three GeForce 10 series graphics cards were ever discounted – the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition, the regular GeForce GTX 1080, and the GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition. They saw price cuts from $50 to $150.

Bracketing The Vega 56

Although many critics say that the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti is pointless or stupid, it actually makes a lot of sense for NVIDIA. With the GeForce GTX 1070 price cut, gamers now face these options :